The White House announced Tuesday that Cecilia Muñoz, a former senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza, would replace Melody Barnes at the top of the council.

Muñoz is an immigration expert who worked for the National Council of La Raza, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, until she joined the administration in 2009. The group works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans and advocates legislation that would provide a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants

It appears her predecessor was simply fired to make way for Munoz.

Barnes left her position at the end of last month and is looking for work in the private sector

ABC News notes Obama bent his own rules to originally hire Munoz

Muñoz, the former senior vice president for the controversial group National Council of La Raza, was one of the former lobbyists for whom President Obama signed a waiver permitting an exception from his campaign promise to, “close the revolving door that lets lobbyists come into government freely.”

While La Raza supports expanding opportunities for the Latino community, critics say it does so at the expense of other ethnic groups, and also supports illegal immigration, something the group denies.